Re: Redirection control

["Steve Landess" <sjl_123@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve wrote:

> Tom,
>
> What about overriding the printer file *directly* to a database file?  You
> can override a printer file to a database file like this.  Here is an
> example (using OS/400 commands, I'm too lazy to write a program tonight):
>
> 1) CRTPF FILE(YOURLIB/TEMPFILE) RCDLEN(198) LVLCHK(*NO)
> 2) OVRPRTF FILE(QSYSPRT) TOFILE(TEMPFILE)
> 3) Now press the PRINT key.  It sends its output to the printer file named
> QSYSPRT.
> 4) Voila!  Instead of going to a spooled file the output went to TEMPFILE.
>
> The same would work for STDOUT in your C program.
>
> Most people don't know that you can do this...the trick is LVLCHK(*NO) on
> the physical file, otherwise it fails with a level check on the printer
> file.

Tom,

Sorry - I misread your post.  You were asking about redirection in an RPG
program.
This technique will also work for a printer file in an RPG program.

Steve